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706180

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	65977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>GLD expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT):</p><p> </p><p>2012: nil</p><p>2013: nil</p><p>2014: £12,252.00</p><p>2015: nil</p><p>2016: £24,933.12</p><p> </p><p>GLD has consistently consumed 13,960 boxes (69,800 reams) of paper per annum for the last 5 years. The cost for the period 2016-17 to date was £76,241. Accurate costs for earlier periods cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.</p><p> </p><p>HMCPSI Expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT):</p><p> </p><p>2012: nil</p><p>2013: nil</p><p>2014: nil</p><p>2015: nil</p><p>2016: nil</p><p> </p><p>Accurate costs for paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.</p><p> </p><p>CPS and AGO</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has not spent any money on iPads in the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS, including the Attorney General’s Office, spend on tablets over the last five years has been provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p>Year Cost of Tablet including VAT(£)</p><p>2012 75,412</p><p>2013 0</p><p>2014 0</p><p>2015 46,077</p><p>2016 25,885*</p><p>*costs are estimated for 2016</p><p> </p><p>(b) The CPS estimates that it has spent the following amounts on paper over the last 5 years:</p><p> </p><p>Year Cost (£)</p><p>2012* 1,120,904</p><p>2013* 926,609</p><p>2014** 983,802</p><p>2015** 847,431</p><p>2016** 445,717</p><p>* costs for 2012 and 2013 are based on historic data provided by CPS stationery suppliers</p><p>** costs for 2014, 2015 and 2016 are estimated and based on total stationery spend for the periods.</p><p>To identify all expenditure that relates solely and specifically to paper would involve the manual checking of thousands of invoices and would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Accurate costs for AGO paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">SFO </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The SFO does not separately record paper costs from overall stationery expenditure.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Stationery Year Cost (£) </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2012-13 64,094</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2013-14 69,657</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2014-15 74,750</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2015-16 52,721</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2016-17* 40,916 </em></ins><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>iPads &amp; Tablets <em>Year Cost (£)</em></em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2012-13 0</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2013-14 10,423</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2014-15 0</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2015-16 0</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2016-17* 9,475</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>*</em><strong><em>Spend as at 31/01/2017</em></strong></ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/03/2017 16:25:26 question first ministerially corrected 09/03/2017 14:52:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 39303 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

693136

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in his Department are employed in media relations and communications roles; and how much was spent on the salaries of such staff members in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	65112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The table below lists the numbers of civil servants employed in media relations and communications at the Law Officers’ Departments from 2008- 2016. Please note this is a snapshot figure, and may have varied slightly throughout the year. Figures for 2007 are not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>SFO</p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>AGO, GLD, HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p><strong>Staff Numbers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Salaries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff Numbers</strong> <strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff Numbers</strong> <strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff Numbers</strong> <strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Salaries GLD, AGO, HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Salaries for 33 people in media relations and communications roles</strong>. <strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£194k</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£138k</p></td><td><p>£1,128k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£165k</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£107k</p></td><td><p>£1,4157k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£177k</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3*</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£202k</p></td><td><p>£1,747k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£241k</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£266k</p></td><td><p>£1,605k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£223k</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£304k</p></td><td><p>£1,320k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£189k</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£361k</p></td><td><p>£1,221k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£158k</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£287k</p></td><td><p>£1,329k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£189k</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£353k</p></td><td><p>£1,136k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£195k</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5*</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£321k</p></td><td><p>£1,082k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Includes one Agency worker who was not directly employed</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/03/2017 16:51:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

708892

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Unpaid Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people undertook an unpaid work placement in the Law Officers' Departments in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many such placements lasted for longer than one month.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	66888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>GLD has offered the following number of work experience placements in each of the last five. None of them lasted for longer than one month. The placements were unpaid but assistance was provided with travel and subsistence costs. The placements were aimed either at promoting access to the legal profession, or to provide work experience to those from disadvantaged or black or minority ethnic backgrounds.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Work Placements in GLD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not undertake unpaid work placements.</p><p> </p><p>The SFO does enable school age students to undertake work experience varying between 1 day and a week. SFO central records indicate that 26 students have completed such a placement over the past five years, as detailed in the following table, but none was for longer than one week.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of students at SFO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no central records held in regard to unpaid work experience at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and to collect this information would be at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Nobody has undertaken an unpaid work placement at AGO and HMCPSI within this timeframe.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 16/03/2017 14:20:10 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

713762

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the five most visited websites were by staff of the Law Officers' Departments in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	69111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>CPS &amp; HMCPSI</p><p> </p><ol><li>crowncourtdcs.caselines.co.uk</li><li>www.google.co.uk</li><li>civilservicelearning.civilservice.gov.uk</li><li>www.bing.com</li><li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk" target="_blank">www.bbc.co.uk</a></li></ol><p> </p><p>SFO</p><p>Details of the websites visited most often by SFO staff during the past 12 months are not held centrally. However, records are held on the SFO’s internet proxy server covering the 6 month period up to 27 March 2017</p><ol><li><a href="http://www.google.co.uk" target="_blank">www.google.co.uk</a></li><li>tfl.gov.uk</li><li>www.bbc.co.uk</li><li>civilservicelearning.civilservice.gov.uk</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk" target="_blank">www.amazon.co.uk</a></li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p>GLD</p><p> </p><ol><li>Google (All Google subdomains) and related analytical sites</li><li>Facebook.com</li><li>BBC.co.uk</li><li>Caseline.co.uk</li><li>YouTube.com</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Attorney General’s Office has recently changed IT providers and is unable to access this data.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 04/04/2017 08:39:02 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

714028

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	69213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>CPS</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hotels</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,010,080</p></td><td><p>1,396,952</p></td><td><p>1,327,147</p></td><td><p>1,483,386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food and drink</p></td><td><p>154,553</p></td><td><p>166,225</p></td><td><p>173,708</p></td><td><p>181,970</p></td><td><p>183,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4,161,445</p></td><td><p>4,445,346</p></td><td><p>4,276,918</p></td><td><p>4,511,405</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>SFO</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hotels</p></td><td><p>87,844</p></td><td><p>80,616</p></td><td><p>95,414</p></td><td><p>101,582</p></td><td><p>104,782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>2,648</p></td><td><p>1,628</p></td><td><p>3,007</p></td><td><p>2,634</p></td><td><p>2,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food and Drink</p></td><td><p>6,238</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>3,023</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>1,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>113,964</p></td><td><p>153,723</p></td><td><p>231,954</p></td><td><p>186,622</p></td><td><p>224,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures as of 28 February 2017</p><p> </p><p>GLD, including AGO and HMCPSI</p><p> </p><p><strong>UK Hotels</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD*</p></td><td><p>6,772</p></td><td><p>10,549</p></td><td><p>6,403</p></td><td><p>19,363</p></td><td><p>26,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO</p></td><td><p>402</p></td><td><p>2,265</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI</p></td><td><p>49,023</p></td><td><p>41,803</p></td><td><p>42,759</p></td><td><p>23,642</p></td><td><p>35,369</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Hospitality</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO</p></td><td><p>2,897</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Travel</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD*</p></td><td><p>79,539</p></td><td><p>106,161</p></td><td><p>139,103</p></td><td><p>252,523</p></td><td><p>307,457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO</p></td><td><p>153,893</p></td><td><p>123,566</p></td><td><p>98,644</p></td><td><p>110,462</p></td><td><p>116,192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI</p></td><td><p>86,678</p></td><td><p>61,841</p></td><td><p>72,149</p></td><td><p>61,753</p></td><td><p>72,175</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Other related cost</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD*</p></td><td><p>42,126</p></td><td><p>57,906</p></td><td><p>56,464</p></td><td><p>58,153</p></td><td><p>70,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO</p></td><td><p>3,536</p></td><td><p>3,451</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p>911</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI</p></td><td><p>20,323</p></td><td><p>10,982</p></td><td><p>10,815</p></td><td><p>23,828</p></td><td><p>16,639</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This includes all expenditure on food and drink, foreign hotels and other subsistence costs and the cost of meeting refreshments. This expenditure cannot be broken down further without looking at individual invoices which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>*The Treasury Solicitor’s Department until 31 March 2015. GLD has increased in size as a result of the merger programme to create a shared legal service for government and expenditure has increased as a result.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 04/04/2017 11:12:37 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1126054

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Former Ministers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much his Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	253623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has made no payments to Honourable Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Since 13 July 2016, two Ministers have left office, both were as a result of a Ministerial reshuffle and as such no severance payments were made.</p><p> </p><p>Reports of any Ministerial severance pay are published in the audited annual report and accounts for HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor and can be found on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/05/2019 13:50:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1130565

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	261262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office does not hold direct contracts with organisations. Goods and services are obtained through direct ordering with a supplier, or through contracts held by other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>The Attorney General’s Office holds no information on rates of pay for other organisations. Specific rates of pay are a matter for each individual organisation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 13/06/2019 16:26:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1355845

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of Union Jack flags purchased by her Department in each of the last two years were manufactured in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	50049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have not purchased any Union Flags over the last two years.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 50050 question first answered 24/09/2021 13:41:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1355846

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will list the companies that have supplied Union Jack flags to her Department since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	50050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have not purchased any Union Flags over the last two years.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 50049 question first answered 24/09/2021 13:41:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1487840

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average time was between the Crown Prosecution Service receiving a referral and making a charging decision in the most recent period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	33821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data showing the average time from receiving a referral to making a legal charging decision. Legal charging decisions are decisions to authorise a charge, to take no further action or recommend and out of court disposal.</p><p> </p><p>However, data is collected showing the average time from the first police referral to the CPS making the decision to authorise a charge. This data is published on the CPS website and on the CJS Delivery Dashboard and shows that during the calendar year 2021, it took on average 39 days from referral to charge.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 33822 question first answered 18/07/2022 16:09:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1487842

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of delays in Crown Prosecution Service decision-making.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	33822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data showing the average time from receiving a referral to making a legal charging decision. Legal charging decisions are decisions to authorise a charge, to take no further action or recommend and out of court disposal.</p><p> </p><p>However, data is collected showing the average time from the first police referral to the CPS making the decision to authorise a charge. This data is published on the CPS website and on the CJS Delivery Dashboard and shows that during the calendar year 2021, it took on average 39 days from referral to charge.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 33821 question first answered 18/07/2022 16:09:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1600509

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme within the last 3 years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	156179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Attorney General’s Department have not contracted any work to the businesses named in the scheme. All employers need to pay their staff correctly. Paying the minimum wage is not optional, it’s the law. Under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, employers who have previously broken minimum wage law can be publicly named. The Department for Business and Trade follows a clear and thorough process allowing firms to make representations against being named if they meet our published criteria. Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 08/03/2023 14:50:58 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1665463

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an estimate of the average length of time between a case being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service and a prosecution decision being reached.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	203014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The average number of days (in calendar days) from a case being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision or early advice and decision to charge and prosecute being reached in the period 2022-2023 (1 April 2022 – 30 March 2023) was 45 days.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/10/2023 07:58:08 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348324

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people registered to vote or attempted to register to vote online after 20 April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 20 April 2015 over 250,000 people have applied to register to vote online at gov.uk/register-to-vote</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of people who have applied to register to vote is available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/06/2015 15:28:53 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348325

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Unfair Dismissal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have been dismissed after 12 and 24 months' continuous service since the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal was increased to two years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 08/06/2015 15:24:32 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 996.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Unfair Dismissal
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

447311

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Ellesmere Port and Neston
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been employed on a zero hours contract in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	23918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 28/01/2016 14:24:15 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 23918 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Zero Hour Contracts
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

576360

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Credit Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, from which sources does the Government receive credit card fees from people paying for services offered by its departments and agencies; and what the total amount received was in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	45025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not collect data on behalf of Government on the receipt of credit card fees from people paying for services offered by its departments and agencies. If available, individual departments and agencies will hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 09/09/2016 12:45:39 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

647060

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to prioritise domestically-produced vehicles in public sector procurement after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	55031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government car fleet does include vehicles manufactured in the UK, such as the Jaguar XJ. However, public sector procurers are required to seek value for money through fair and open competition and in line with our current international obligations.</p><p> </p><p>The current public procurement rules will continue to apply until the UK has left the EU following the successful conclusion of exit negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The longer-term options for our procurement regulations are being considered carefully.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/12/2016 09:51:21 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

692425

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much income has been accrued to his Department from premium rate telephone lines in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	64736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>There are no records of any non-geographic numbers used by the Cabinet Office. No income has been generated or accrued.</p><p>The Cabinet Office policy for customer service lines is in-line with the guidance on department’s use of telephone prefixes and free numbers the Government published in 2015, which can be found on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/03/2017 10:09:14 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

692426

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of government procurement is from UK companies.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	64748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>Information on the nationality of suppliers is not routinely held centrally.</p><p>However, the most recent analysis of contracts won by firms with UK addresses was set out in HMG's Balance of Competences Service review in the summer of 2014:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-uk-and-eu-balance-of-competences-call-for-evidence-on-the-single-market-free-movement-of-services" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-uk-and-eu-balance-of-competences-call-for-evidence-on-the-single-market-free-movement-of-services</a> .</p><p>This showed that UK firms won more than 95% of UK contracts advertised EU-wide, either by number or value.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/03/2017 10:18:19 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

692427

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with companies with which the Government has contracts on corporate social responsibility and the payment of corporation tax.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	64753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office regularly conducts confidential reviews of all government strategic suppliers. These reviews cover a range of issues, including corporate citizenship. Compliance with corporation tax is a matter for HM Revenue &amp; Customs.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/03/2017 10:20:11 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

693137

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in (a) the Prime Minister's Office and (b) the Cabinet Office as a whole are employed in media relations and communications roles; and how much was spent on the salaries of such staff members in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	65115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.</p><p>The Government Communications Group is a business group in my Department that is responsible for media relations and communications. At 31st January 2017, 144 full-time equivalent staff were employed in the Government Communications Group, working on Cabinet Office, PMO and cross-government business.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 02/03/2017 13:02:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

706181

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	65978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2014 there was no support for any tablet or iPad devices on the Cabinet Office IT system nor were there any tablet or iPad items available for staff to purchase.</p><p>Since 2014 the Cabinet Office have purchased the following Ipads and Tablets:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£6,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£17,012</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Since April 2015 the Cabinet Office have outsourced the printing capability functions and the associated paper purchase costs to a new supplier on a new system.</p><p>Due to the migration of Cabinet Office financial records onto a new shared services financial system all paper purchases prior to 2015 were aggregated into an overall stationary cost so are not readily available within a reasonable timeframe for an answer to the question.</p><p>For the financial years 2015/16 and 2016/17 the following information is available:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£45,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£29,198</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 65990 question first answered 15/03/2017 12:42:50 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

706266

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much 10 Downing Street spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	65990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2014 there was no support for any tablet or iPad devices on the Cabinet Office IT system nor were there any tablet or iPad items available for staff to purchase.</p><p>Since 2014 the Cabinet Office have purchased the following Ipads and Tablets:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£6,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£17,012</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Since April 2015 the Cabinet Office have outsourced the printing capability functions and the associated paper purchase costs to a new supplier on a new system.</p><p>Due to the migration of Cabinet Office financial records onto a new shared services financial system all paper purchases prior to 2015 were aggregated into an overall stationary cost so are not readily available within a reasonable timeframe for an answer to the question.</p><p>For the financial years 2015/16 and 2016/17 the following information is available:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£45,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£29,198</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 65978 question first answered 15/03/2017 12:42:50 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

708893

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Unpaid Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people undertook an unpaid work placement in his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many such placements lasted for longer than one month.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	66889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister's Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.</p><p> </p><p>There is no centrally held record of unpaid work placements in the Cabinet Office. Therefore, it is not possible to provide information on the number of people that undertook an unpaid work placement in the department in each of the last five years. An attempt to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 66901 question first answered 24/03/2017 12:12:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders